Waycross College

Funding Priorities

Each year businesses, service clubs, foundations, and individuals donate to the Waycross College Foundation to assure that every qualified student can afford to attend Waycross College. Listed below are several options for those who wish to make a charitable donation to the Waycross College Foundation, Inc.

General Fund - Unrestricted Donations
Unrestricted donations may be made to the Foundation in any amount. Funds are used for college priorities such as special projects and programs, student, staff and faculty development, equipment, etc. Unrestricted donations are always welcome and needed to assist the College.

Building Excellence for the Students of Tomorrow (BEST)
Building Excellence for the Students of Tomorrow is an endowed fund that allows the Foundation to preserve established programs and to build on the excellence for which Waycross College is known. The BEST Fund generates needed funding, independent of state support, to provide students the full college experience. A contribution to the BEST Fund is an investment in the future of our community.

Endowments
Endowments require a total contribution of $20,000 made in yearly installments or in a single donation. An endowment is a perpetual gift in that interest only is used, never the principal. Endowments may be established for special projects or to assist students with scholarships or grants. Click here to see a current listing of Waycross College Foundation endowments.

Older Wiser Learners (OWLs) Grant
The OWLs Grant is a non-renewable $500 grant that is awarded to non-traditional students who are 1) 23 years of age or older OR younger than 23 but have been out of high school for at least five years; 2) first-time students at Waycross College in the upcoming semester; and 3) have fewer than 12 semester hours of transfer credit. The OWLs Grant application is available in the Office of Development and Community Services. The grant is available fall, spring, and summer semesters with up to four (4) grants being offered each semester.

Adults Start College Program
This program focuses on assisting adults who have been out of high school or college for five or more years and have earned fewer than fifteen transferable semester hours (or twenty quarter hours). Students are eligible to receive a grant equal to in-state tuition for one course at Waycross College. Applicants must complete the admissions process.

International Study Abroad Program
This program provides visible incentive, merit recognition, and financial assistance for Waycross College students to pursue education abroad.

David Johns Fund for Students with Learning Disabilities
This fund was created by the Waycross College Student Government Association and funded through the generosity of various donors in memory of David Johns, an instructor in learning support English at Waycross College from September 1993 through December of 1997. The fund exists to assist students with the cost of testing through the Regents Center for Learning Disorders.

For more information concerning the Waycross College Foundation, please contact:

Office of Development and Community Services
(912) 449-7510
dcs@waycross.edu

OR visit the Office of Development and Community Services located in the campus' Administrative Building.